Overview
Preparing, developing and supporting effective educators is one of the ways Missouri is working to ensure that all Missouri students become college and career ready. Missouri recently created a plan to recruit, prepare and retain effective teachers for all public schoolchildren in the state, especially in high-poverty, high-minority or rural districts. Learn more about Missouri's plan:
Equity Plan and Data Charts
- Educator Equity Plan Data Chart 2022
- Educator Equity Plan Data Chart 2021
- Educator Equity Plan Data Chart 2020
- Educator Equity Plan Data Chart 2019
- Educator Equity Plan Data Chart 2018
- Educator Equity Plan - 2017 to Present
- Educator Equity Plan - Revised June 2017
- Educator Equity Plan - July 2015
- Approval Letter from U.S. Department of Education
Equity Indicators Dashboard
Missouri Equity Labs
Grow Your Own Resource Guide
Grow Your Own materials are now posted on the Recruitment and Retention page here
Equity In The News
- Facing limited supply, Pattonville hopes to create its own pipeline for minority teachers
- Future Columbia Public Schools Teachers Commit to Local Colleges
- Creating Coherence in the Teacher Shortage Debate: What Policymakers Should Know and Do
- Columbia Public Schools Ramps up Teacher Recruitment with New Approach
- Scholarship Program Increases Teachers Needed in Rural Districts